| Elena Ruiz | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Elena Ruiz Barril | ||
| Born | 29 October 2004 Rubí, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Weight | 59 kg (130 lb) | ||
| Position | Driver | ||
| Handedness | R | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current team | CN Rubí | ||
| Number | 5 | ||
| National team | |||
| Years | Team | ||
2021– | Spain | ||
Medal record | |||
Elena Ruiz Barril [1] [lower-alpha 1] (born 29 October 2004) is a Spanish water polo player who won the silver medal with the Spain women's national water polo team at the 2020 Summer Olympics celebrated in Tokyo, Japan. [2] [3]
Water polo has been part of the Summer Olympics program since the second games, in 1900. A women's water polo tournament was introduced for the 2000 Summer Olympics. Hungary has been the most successful country in men's tournament, while the United States is the only team to win multiple times at the women's tournament since its introduction. Italy was the first to win both the men's and women's water polo tournaments.
The Australian national water polo team represents Australia in men's international water polo competitions and is controlled by Water Polo Australia. The national men's team has the nickname of "The Sharks". It is organised into the Asia/Oceania regional group.
The Australia national women's water polo team represents Australia in women's international water polo competitions and is controlled by Water Polo Australia. It was one of the most successful women's water polo teams in the world. It is currently organised into the Asia/Oceania regional group.
The Italy women's national water polo team represents Italy in international women's water polo competitions and friendly matches. The team is one of the leading teams in Europe since the mid-1990s, claiming the title at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. The squad is nicknamed the "Setterosa".
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The women's water polo tournament at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing was held from 11 August to 21 August at the Ying Tung Natatorium.
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As for water polo, the UAB Olympians are the goalkeeper of the women's national team Laura Ester Ramos (Biochemistry alumni), Álvaro Granados Ortega (Law), Nonas Pérez Vivas (Psychology), Paula Leitón Arrones (Sociocultural Gender Studies), Elena Ruiz Barril (Nursing) and Isabel Piralkova Coello (International Relations).
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